Gas Stoves Account For More Than Half of Some Americans’ Exposure to a Known Toxic Substance, New Research Concludes - Inside Climate News
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The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.

The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.

Pollution from gas stoves accounts for more than half of some [US] Americans’ total exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxin linked to asthma, a study in the academic journal PNAS Nexus concludes. The findings, published this month, provide the first nationwide, community-level estimates of residential NO2 exposure.

  • cheeseburger@piefed.caEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Cool, I love my gas stove, but you need a powerful, vented hood fan that is an appliance of its own (i.e. expensive), and then use it whenever the gas is on. Most homes don’t have this so induction is best.